SaimaaUniversityofAppliedSciencesTechnology,LappeenrantaDoubleDegreeProgrammeinCivilandConstructionEngineeringLenarSadykovRISKANALYSISANDWORKINGINSTRUCTIONSFORCONCRETEINDUSTRYBachelor’sThesis2011ABSTRACTSadykovLenarRiskanalysisandworkinginstructionsforconcreteindustrySaimaaUniversityofAppliedSciences,LappeenrantaTechnology,DegreeProgrammeinCivilandConstructionEngineeringInstructors:PekkaRoitto(SUAS),EduardKuha(RudusOy)Theaimofthethesiswastoestimateworkhazardsandtoanalyzeworksafetyrisksinordertoprovideappropriateworkinginstructionsforconcretefactoriesandquarries.ThisworkwaswritteninHelsinki,southernFinland,commissionedbytheRudusOyCompany.ThemainreasonforchoosingthisgraduationthesistopicwasthedesiretolearnmoreabouttheEuropeanexperienceinthisfieldinordertohelptheRudusOyCompanywithrevealingandminimizingitsoperationalrisks.Developingtheriskanalysistheorywasbasedontheinformationprovidedbyearlierreportsonthistopicandpreviousstudiesinthissphere.Thetablespresentedinthesuppliedthesisworkdeterminatedifferenttypesofrisksandshowwaysofprotectionandpreventivemeasures.Asafinalresult,thetablesidentifythelevelofrisksandgivetheirdescriptioncorrespondingly.Onthisbasis,executivesandcommissionscaneasilydefinehazardsandspecifywhatmeasuresofworksafetyshouldbetakenineachparticularsituation.Thus,thisworkwillprovideassistanceforthesafetydepartmentintheareaofminimizingrisks.ThetablesweremadeinaccordancewiththeRudusOyCompany’slatestrequirements.Ingeneral,worksafetyhasbeenalreadyprovidedbythecompany,however,newdangerousriskshavebeenrevealed.ZerorisklevelisthekeyobjectivefortheRudusCompanythisyearandtheywilldotheirbesttoachievethat.Keywords:riskanalysis,worksafety,workinstructionsCONTENTS1INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................12CRHPOLICY...................................................................................................32.1Healthandsafetypolicy.............................................................................32.2Healthandsafetymanagement.................................................................32.3Safetyperformance...................................................................................42.4Productsafety............................................................................................43OCCUPATIONALHEALTHANDSAFETYMANAGEMENT............................53.1Thekeyimportanceofhealthandsafety...................................................53.2OccupationalHealthandSafetyAct..........................................................53.3Riskanalysisgoals....................................................................................64RISKANALYSISMETHODOLOGY.................................................................84.1Introduction................................................................................................84.2Riskanalysismethodology........................................................................95HAZARDIDENTIFICATION...........................................................................115.1Fatalitycausesandprevention................................................................115.2Typicalinjurycausesandtypes...............................................................115.3Typicalinjurycategoriesandages............................................